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A 40-year-old man deflowered to death a 10-year-old girl in Ohene Akura, Kwahu West Municipality, Eastern Region, Ghana. “The victim left home for school and did not return home till she was found dead in the suspect’s room,” according to Adom News. “The mother of the victim rushed to the …

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba has suspended learning countrywide for 10 days, in a show of solidarity with Libyans affected by the 11 September floods. Libya’s internationally-recognised Government of National Unity, which is based in the capital, Tripoli, made the announcement late on Wednesday. Libya’s two rival governments, the …

Belgian justice opened an investigation this Wednesday for “arson”, after fires broke out during the night in four schools targeted by opponents of a sex education course. The events occurred in Charleroi (south of the country). “In the four schools, at the nursery and primary level, registrations were discovered hostile …

China assured this Wednesday that it had not implemented a ban on iPhone brand phones in its ministries. In Chinese ministries, employees can not only use Apple iPhones, but also “other foreign brand phones.” “China has no laws, regulations or directives that prohibit the purchase or use of foreign brand …

Heavy rain has caused the loss of a five-year-old girl in Moshie Zongo, Kumasi, in the Ashanti region of Ghana. “The lifeless body of the girl was discovered floating in a drain, still wearing her school uniform,” according to reports. “Residents and the police worked together to retrieve the girl’s …

A thousand cases of s3xual abuse have been documented in a survey of the Swiss Catholic Church, according to reports. More than 1,000 victims of abuse, the majority of them men, since the 1950s: that’s the conclusion of the investigation commissioned by the Swiss Catholic Church itself to shed light …

A two-week-old baby was found wrapped in a cloth and placed in a black polythene bag in the Gomoa Central district of the Central region, Ghana. Residents have been thrown into a state of shock following the discovery of the two-week-old baby abandoned by its mother on a heap of …

Gunmen have killed three person during an attack in Opi-Agu community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. “The herders had arrived in the farms of the villagers but were asked to leave, they left and returned later to attack and kill the villagers,” reports said. “They actually …

A 40-year-old man has been arrested for killing two casual laborers for ritual purposes in Taranka village, Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. “The suspect suspected to have come to the village for charcoal business, and in the course of his stay, the two persons went missing,” according …

Three volunteers have died while helping victims of raging floods in eastern Libya, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said. Volunteers Hamdi Belaid, Khaled Adwal and Abadi Al-Kharm died while helping some residents of Derna town trapped by floods, said Jagan Chapagain, IFRC secretary general. …